Journal of Design Facade and Engineering – Special Issue Multifunctional Façades for Renovation through Industrialization (Vol. 11, Número 2, pp. 71-97) by Massip, David, Rafols Ribas, Irene (Eurecat Technology Center), & Marrone, Grazia (MANNI Group). Abstract An immediate paradigm shift is needed to transform the deep renovation market for improved building performance and expanded energy …
Energy Services Companies or ESCOs have been involved in designing and implementing efficiency measures in buildings since the eighties in North America, and the mid-nineties in Europe. Using Energy Performance Contracts (EPC) as the model to deliver guaranteed energy savings to building owners in the public and private sectors, they have been quite successful in …
The Municipality of the 18th District of Budapest Capital participates in the StepUP project as a demonstration site to integrate the technologies developed in the project in a public building in need of energy modernization, as well as test their effectiveness. Out of the entire public building stock, the Zöld Liget Kindergarten in Pestszentimre met all …
As part of the EU Horizon 2020 funded project, StepUP, project coordinator IES has created a large scale district model encompassing 114 buildings within the Municipality of the 18th District of Budapest, providing a powerful decision-making tool to evaluate and inform an energy renovation roadmap for the area’s buildings. The aim of this study was to …
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The StepUP project celebrates a consortium meeting in Budapest and visits BP18 pilot StepUP partners from ABUD have hosted the project’s General Assembly on March 21-22 in Budapest, Hungary. Representatives from each partner entity have joined the meeting to review the project tasks and actions done during the last 6 months of the project execution and discuss …
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A European Consortium to develop new technologies for buildings decarbonization StepUP project is developing affordable solutions and technologies aimed at transforming the energy renovation market and making the decarbonisation of existing buildings a reliable, attractive and sustainable investment. To this end, StepUP “uses occupants’ feedback and promotes an iterative approach to energy renovation, based on …
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StepUP project presented at the Upgraded Buildings Conference The StepUP project has been presented during the “Upgraded Buildings Conference” celebrated in a virtual format, last February 24th. Giulia Barbano, project’s coordinator and R&D project manager from Integrated Environmental Solutions (IES) participated in the event and presented StepUP as a one of the key Europeans projects …
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Manni Group disseminates StepUP during the Master for Architects of YACacademy The StepUP project has been presented during a course held within the Master for Architects organised by YACademy, which has been celebrated in a virtual format last 3rd of February. During the course named “Heritage”, focused on Architectural Regeneration, Cesare Arvetti and Ester Caldana, …
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TPC definition and added value for companies Could you imagine a market scenario where complementary technologies enrich a single product, relying on an open and accessible protocol? This is actually one of the main challenges that the StepUP project is pursuing. But let’s take it one step at a time. The StepUP project accounts among …
StepUP research paper presented during the NSB Conference 2020 StepUP project has been presented during a session held within the 12th Nordic Symposium on Buildings Physics (NSB 2020), celebrated last 7th – 9th of September. Project partner Girish Mallya, Software Engineer at Integrated Environmental Solutions (IES), participated at the session “Energy performance of buildings”, which …
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